To think the job of supermarkets is to sell groceries?

Good for Sainsbury's. We need more public recognition, wherever it comes from.

Not sure why this upsets you ? It doesn’t affect you being able to buy your groceries but As they say, you can always shop elsewhere.
Good for Sainsbury’s standing up to be counted,

Do you feel the same about supermarkets supporting Comic Relief and Children in Need?

Snap gagajo

Supermarkets have always supported lots of different events and charities.

If their support of the Black Lives Matter offends people then the supermarket is being proactive in reminding customers they may choose to shop elsewhere.

Why do you think they shouldn't have pointed this out?

So anyone supporting a cause or raiding money for a good cause is automatically Virtue signalling ?
Supermarkets must just sell groceries?
Schools must just educate .?
Choirs must just sing ?

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I’m confused. Tweet talks about Black history month. Is that the same as Black lives matter ?

I would be very interested in sainsburys management structure, I wonder how well represented BAME people are in that structure. I tend to think statements like that are very easy to produce, it's the work behind the scenes that is more difficult.

I agree janeainsworth I think this is a somewhat different thing from supporting a charity more of a political statement. The last sentence doesn't sit well with me.

Black Lives Matter is a newish thing.

Black History Month is not.

There is a current drive for UK education to be more inclusive of all aspects of British History. Not just the successful or sanitised bits.

I see poppies in supermarkets, Pudsey Bear and good, now Black HISTORY Month (not black lives matter).

It's inclusivity.

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I’ve asked for my comments to be deleted as they are clearly inaccurate.

Sorry, I too have posted about Black Lives matter when I meant to say Black History Month - I was interrupted whilst writing.

Hmm. I think I’d be a little more inclined to support that slightly aggressive attitude if Sainsbury's management reflected our diverse society.

www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/about-us/our-management

So Sainsbury’s are supporting black history month yes ?
Fine by me

That's fine by me if they wish to support Black History Month if it's a charity.

But I do take issue with their second paragraph which more or less says - if you don't like it you can bugger off elsewhere.
That is rather offensive.

Yes, Galaxy, I'd be more impressed if I saw more black people working in our nearest Sainsbury's and I'd be interested to see a portfolio of their managers.

Anyway, we can't go there, they are in a lockdown area.
They're not my favourite supermarket; I'm avoiding them because they could not give me a priority slot and were very offhand about it.

Well done to Sainsburys I applaud them.

I saw this online:

As Black History Month draws to a close, Sainsbury's and Argos colleagues across the UK have had a fantastic time celebrating this special month of observance together. A tradition that started in the US, this annual celebration has been adopted by the UK to shine the spotlight on and celebrate black history and culture as well as the contribution of those with Africa, Caribbean or Asian descent.

1st August 2017

So this is nothing new.

It's their rather rude 2nd paragraph which is off putting.
Do they quiz customers at the door?

I don't think they're raising money but raising awareness.

I think I’d like my awareness raised with a little more courtesy.

I'm an infrequent customer of Sainsbury's but I'm very glad to see they've pinned their flag to the mast in raising awareness of Black History Month; Like others, I'm not entirely sure that the 2nd, rather confrontational, paragraph was necessary though. They might just as well as have said "like it or lump it", which doesn't help those who need to have more awareness of the campaign come onboard.

I don't know much about Black History Month, but I can't see how it can be offensive, particularly in the context of a supermarket. What are they doing to support it? If it's suggesting recipes or something, where's the harm? It can be difficult to join in things like this without accusations of tokenism, but if they are donating money to schools or community projects that celebrate Black History, that sounds good to me.

On the whole, I think that Black History should be integrated into 'history' when it comes to the curriculum, though. I read something by David Olusoga recently, and he pointed out that he learned about the Industrial Evolution at school, but it was all about mechanisation of cotton production, and not about who had picked the cotton or the families who made a fortune out of the people picking the cotton. That is pretty much exactly what my experience of history was like. I think if the curriculum expanded a bit to include the fuller picture there would be no need to separate Black History, which could be divisive and present black people as 'other'. Until that happens, though (and to be fair, maybe it has - it's a long time since either DO or I were at school) then anything that encourages inclusivity is a good thing.